By Everyone has long known that the North Korean government is involved in international drug trafficking, but what is interesting about this is that it was the Chinese that staked this guy out and arrested him:
A North Korean provincial government official has been arrested by Chinese police on charges of drug trafficking, supporting claims that the North Korean regime has a direct hand in the trade.
South Korean activist Do Hee-yoon quoting a source in China on Monday said that a 33-year-old official surnamed Rim from the Sinuiju city government’s trade bureau was arrested by Chinese police on charges of drug trafficking in Dandong on the evening of March 2.
“North Korean agents targeting South Korea have been arrested before for their involvement in drug trafficking, but it’s unprecedented for a senior government trade official to be arrested for direct involvement,” Do said. “The Dandong Customs Office has mobilized customs officials from Dalian to probe all aspects of North Korea-China trade.”
The drug enforcement bureau of Anshan in Liaoning arrested four drug dealers based on a tip that Dandong drug dealers gained control of the trafficking network in Anshan, he added.
Under questioning, they revealed that a key figure in the drug ring in the Dandong area was a North Korean and that he was soon to arrive. Officers arrested Rim in Dandong on the evening of March 2 about after a month-long stakeout and took him to Anshan. [Chosun Ilbo]
Read the rest at the link, but he was caught smuggling meth. This is total speculation on my part, but I am wondering if the Chinese arrested this guy because he was selling meth within China or is the Chinese government trying to send a subtle message to the North Korean regime?
5:18 pm on June 8th, 2010 1
Yes, it's a subtle message. This, plus the protest over NK border guards shooting Chinese copper smugglers. At last, change I can believe in. From China!
6:05 pm on June 8th, 2010 2
North Korean official are ticked.
Their man was jailed and diicked.
Or he'll be sentenced to death
for smuggling meth.
Either way, Rim will be licked.
9:07 pm on June 8th, 2010 3
A haiku for you:
nork caught smuggling drugs
Chinese jail to serve his time
or bullet to head?
9:30 pm on June 8th, 2010 4
Chinese take drugs pretty seriously. It's one of the iron-clad truths that if one is caught dealing drugs in China, then they should prepare for organ donation.
The few Chinese plants I work with that handle ingredients that are either narcotics or meth precursors have to build specially monitored vaults, submit to no-notice inspections, and permit only a 3-person rule when handling materials.
10:13 pm on June 8th, 2010 5
Fools! It's all a game. China has been catching heat lately for not doing ANYTHING about the Choenan boat sinking by the Norks.
Soooo, very predictably China puts on a show where they seem to be clamping down on NK. They aren't, they're brothers in arms.
Didn't you see this coming?
10:21 pm on June 8th, 2010 6
L&O I think you are right but if you are wrong & the Red Chinese have decided that the kooky Kim regime has gone too far then things could get very interesting.
10:39 pm on June 8th, 2010 7
Thanks Tom, I seriously doubt China will ever come down on North Korea. All these chess moves are very, very well calculated by both NK and China. They now hold all the cards as the U.S. massive debt makes them extremely weak geopolitically in East Asia.
Heck, even Japan has recently developed closer ties to China, obviously S. Korea has as well.
We're seeing only the beginning now. The U.S. will slowly, surely, but undeniably get weaker and weaker as this decade progresses..and beyond.
7:57 am on June 9th, 2010 8
What's interesting is China has no qualms about executing foreign nations for smuggling drugs into their country. They recently executed several Japanese for this crime, shortly after notifying their government as a matter of courtesy.
One of the few countries that's tough on drugs, right or wrong.
11:39 am on June 9th, 2010 9
Conditions are bad in North Korea, says Sharon La Franiere in the New York Times, based on interviews with eight North Koreans who recently left the country.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/world/asia/10ko…
12:24 pm on June 9th, 2010 10
Q: How is a North Korean drug gang's division of labor like a Songtan juicy bar?
A: They both have Rim jobs, Han jobs and Ro jobs.
Q: How is a North Korean drug gang's division of labor like the growing employment situation in America?
A: The both have No jobs.